The way mothers interact with their babies in the first year of life is strongly related to how children behave later on. Both a mother's parenting style and an infant's temperament reliably predict challenging behavior in later childhood, according to Benjamin Lahey and his team from the University of Chicago in the US. Their findings1 have just been published online in Springer's Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
The researchers looked at whether an infant's temperament and his mother's parenting skills during the first year of life might predict behavioral problems, in just over 1,800 children aged 4-13 years. Measures of infant temperament included activity levels, how fearful, predictable and fussy the babies were, as well as whether they had a generally happy disposition. The researchers looked at how much mothers stimulated their baby intellectually, how responsive they were to the child's demands, and the use of spanking or physical restraint. Child conduct problems in later childhood included cheating, telling lies, trouble getting on with teachers, being disobedient at home and/or at school, bullying and showing no remorse after misbehaving.
Health & Wellness
Twenty-three people have died in the past five years after a routine flu jab.
Official figures show that a further 123 people given the winter vaccine suffered a suspected reaction so severe they were taken to hospital.
Causes of death included heart attacks, blood infections and pneumonia, while asthma and kidney failure were among reported side-effects.
The statistics, revealed by Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, raise fears over the safety of the vaccine, which is taken by eight million people in Britain every year.
Official figures show that a further 123 people given the winter vaccine suffered a suspected reaction so severe they were taken to hospital.
Causes of death included heart attacks, blood infections and pneumonia, while asthma and kidney failure were among reported side-effects.
The statistics, revealed by Health Minister Dawn Primarolo, raise fears over the safety of the vaccine, which is taken by eight million people in Britain every year.
Some general anaesthetics could actually worsen the pain following surgery, say scientists. So-called "noxious" anaesthesia drugs - used commonly worldwide - stimulate nerves to cause irritation long after the operation is over.
The US research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, could prompt the choice of different drugs. A UK expert said solving post-surgical pain was a priority for anaesthetists.
The US research, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, could prompt the choice of different drugs. A UK expert said solving post-surgical pain was a priority for anaesthetists.
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Colchester, Connecticut - Eric Hollingsworth was just 2 years old when doctors told his parents his severe autism would prevent him from talking or ever going to school in a regular classroom.
"They painted a really grim picture," Eric's mother, Karen Hollingsworth said. "They told us to expect the Rain Man without any savant skills."
Fast forward 17 years, and Eric Hollingsworth, now 19, was finishing the last day of a food service class at Bacon Academy this week, sitting at a table with other students making baskets of scallion flowers and radish roses for a party for a retiring school board member.
Researchers who compared two diabetes trials said on Friday they are getting some insight into why patients in one were more likely to die after aggressive treatment, while patients in another were not.
It appears that the use of electroshock punishment tactics isn't limited to the U.S. military these days: The state of Massachusetts has renewed a special education school's authority to use electric shocks as a form of punishment, even after the school admitted to administering excessive and unfair shocks to two children after being told to do so by a prank caller.
Baltimore, Maryland - A study suggests that a "smoldering" central nervous system (CNS) infection may play a role in conditions that plague millions of Americans. Kazuhiro Kondo, MD, PhD, of the Jikei University Medical School in Tokyo identified a novel human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) protein present in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) patients but not healthy controls that may contribute to psychological symptoms often associated with that and other disorders.
"Causes of many chronic diseases are unknown and chronic viral infection is one of the most suspected candidates," said Dr. Kondo, who spent 20 years trying to identify the latent protein responsible for chronic CNS disease and mood disorders.
"Causes of many chronic diseases are unknown and chronic viral infection is one of the most suspected candidates," said Dr. Kondo, who spent 20 years trying to identify the latent protein responsible for chronic CNS disease and mood disorders.
Lyle Petersen, West Nile Virus (WNV) expert at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN he expects this year's West Nile Virus epidemic to be the same as the last four years.
An unidentified vomiting bug at Sandhurst's prestigious military college has left dozens of cadets ill.
Around 100 trainee officers at the Sandhurst Military Academy have been confined to barracks following the sudden outbreak of the virus yesterday.
An environmental health team has been called in at the college in Camberley in a bid to track down the origin of the mystery virus.
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Around 100 trainee officers at the Sandhurst Military Academy have been confined to barracks following the sudden outbreak of the virus yesterday.
An environmental health team has been called in at the college in Camberley in a bid to track down the origin of the mystery virus.
Hundreds of people were incorrectly told they had tested positive for HIV at New York City STD clinics this winter.
Almost half the results given by the clinics were false positives, the Department of Health confirmed.
From November to April, 213 people tested positive after taking a rapid mouth-swab HIV test. A second test revealed they did not have the virus.
The city would not explain why, as false positives mounted, it continued to administer the tests.
Almost half the results given by the clinics were false positives, the Department of Health confirmed.
From November to April, 213 people tested positive after taking a rapid mouth-swab HIV test. A second test revealed they did not have the virus.
The city would not explain why, as false positives mounted, it continued to administer the tests.
Comment: Apparently not safe enough, especially when there is an overwhelming evidence that vaccinations sabotage natural immune systems and cause a host of invasive infections.